Patch 9.2 - Eternity's End Live This Week!

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Patch 9.2 - Eternity's End Live This Week!

Patch 9.2 is going live today in North America. Here is what you can expect on launch day as well as in the weeks to come!

What is Coming this Week?

• Class Changes
• Eternity's End Main Campaign Story
• New Zone - Zereth Mortis
• Cypher of the First Ones
• New Reputation Faction - The Enlightened
• Protoform Synthesis
• New Mounts
• New Torghast Mode - The Jailer's Gauntlet
• User Interface Changes
• Druid Cheetah Travel Form Model Update
• Profession Changes

What is Coming Later?

• Unlock Flying in Zereth Mortis
• Ability to Wear Two Legendaries
• Sepulcher of the First Ones Raid
  
  
  • March 1 – Normal and Heroic difficulties. Note that the last three bosses (Lords of Dread, Rygelon, and The Jailer) will NOT be available in this first week.
  • March 8 – The remaining three bosses unlock for Normal and Heroic. All bosses are available for Mythic. Raid Finder Wing 1: Ephemeral Plains (Vigilant Guardian, Skolex, the Insatiable Ravener, Artificer Xy'mox, Halondrus the Reclaimer) becomes available.
  • March 22 – Raid Finder Wing 2: Cornerstone of Creation (Dausegne, the Fallen Oracle, Prototype Pantheon, Lihuvim, Principal Architect) becomes available.
  • April 5 – Raid Finder Wing 3: Domination's Grasp (Anduin Wrynn, Lords of Dread, Rygelon) becomes available.
  • April 19 – Raid Finder Wing 4: The Grand Design (The Jailer) becomes available.
• Return of Tier Sets
• Create Tier Pieces with the Creation Catalyst
• Shadowlands Season 3
• New Arena - Maldraxxus Coliseum
• New Brawl - Solo Shuffle
• Tazavesh the Veiled Market Mythic+ Dungeons
• Darkmoon Faire Dance Game

Class Changes

Patch 9.2 comes with a pretty heft amount of class changes. You can find all of them in the patch notes by clicking the banner below.

Eternity's End Main Campaign Story

The story of Shadowlands continues into Zereth Mortis with seven new chapters. Click the banners below to read our synopsis of each section.

New Zone - Zereth Mortis

Zereth Mortis, the forbidden realm of the First Ones, is the main zone for Patch 9.2 Eternity's End. It provides new daily challenges, quests, rewards, and catch up mechanics as well as serving as the main location for progressing the main campaign! Learn more about what to expect from this zone by clicking the banner below!

Cypher of the First Ones

Cypher of the First Ones is an optional progression system used to tearn the lost language of the Progenitors and delve deeper into the secrets of Zereth Mortis, unlocking an array of new zone activities, daily quests, events, and rewards.

New Reputation Faction - The Enlightened

Patch 9.2 introduces The Enlightened faction to earn reputation and rewards with!

Protoform Synthesis

Protoform Synthesis is a new system used to craft Zereth Mortis-themed mounts and battle pets. Learn more about this crafting system by clicking the banner below!

New Mounts

Patch 9.2 Eternity's End brings 41 new mounts to collect! Check them out in our guide!

New Torghast Mode - The Jailer's Gauntlet

The Jailer's Gauntlet is a new game mode where players run through a series of increasingly challenging encounters to earn unique rewards.

User Interface Changes

Patch 9.2 brings mouse-over casting and click casting as an in-game function without the use of addons.

Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment

• New Feature: Click Casting
  
  
  • This feature allows you to cast spells by simply clicking on a unit frame.
    
  • Set up your spell bindings by going to the Key Bindings menu or Interface Options > Combat.
    
    
• New Setting: Unit Frame Mouseover Casting
  
  
  • This setting allows you to mouse over a unit frame and cast a spell on that character without targeting them.
    
  • Access this setting under Interface Options > Combat.
    
    
• Arena groups in Group Finder now show their party members' specialization in the mouseover tooltip.
  
• Mythic+ Rating chat links now also show the player's highest rating from a previous season.
  
• The quest log now displays a clock icon next to quests that have a time remaining counter.
  
• The gold, silver, and copper coin icons have been adjusted to have more contrast from each other and the background.

Druid Cheetah Travel Form Model Update

The old Druid cheetah form model has been replaced with a brand new hi-res model

Profession Changes

Zereth Mortis introduces new crafting reagents and materials as well as some new recipes for certain professions.

Unlock Flying in Zereth Mortis

Players should unlock flying by week 4 of the patch provided they unlock the necessary achievements and complete chapter 5 of the campaign when it is available.

Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment

There's plenty to see and do on the ground of Zereth Mortis as you explore the various biomes throughout, but in time, you'll be able to earn your wings and take to the sky. By completing the achievement "Unlocking the Secrets," you'll be able to learn Zereth Mortis Flying.

• Explore Zereth Mortis: Path of Inception, The Great Veldt, Terrace of Formation, Deserted Overlook, The Dread Portal, Genesis Fields, Pilgrim's Grace, Arrangement Index, Resonant Peaks, Haven, Faith's Repose, Catalyst Gardens, Dimensional Falls, Provis Fauna, Zovaal's Grasp, Plain of Actualization, Lexical Glade
• Curious Collections: Discover 5 hidden treasures in Zereth Mortis—Library Vault, Damaged Jiro Stash, Forgotten Proto-Vault, Mawsworn Cache, Fallen Vault, Domination Cache, Architect's Reserve, Overgrown Protofruit, Drowned Broker Supplies, Protomineral Extractor, Stolen Scroll, Protoflora Harvester, Ripened Protopear, Bushel of Progenitor Produce, Submerged Chest, Template Archive, Symphonic Vault, Stolen Relic, Gnawed Valise, Filched Artifact, Crushed Supply Crate, Mistaken Ovoid, Offering to the First Ones, Pilfered Curio, Grateful Boon, Syntactic Vault, Undulating Foliage.
• Path to Enlightenment: Complete 3 side questlines in Zereth Mortis—Small Pet Problems, Not AI Are Lost, A Return to Grace.
• Tales of the Exile: Read the volumes of "Firim in Exile" found in Zereth Mortis—Firim in Exile, Part 1, Firim in Exile, Part 2, Firim Exile, Part 3, Firim in Exile, Part 4, Firim in Exile, Part 5, Firim in Exile, Part 6, Firim in Exile, Part 7
• Adventures in Zereth Mortis: Complete 10 of the following special encounters in Zereth Mortis—Gluttonous Overgrowth, Otiosen, Feasting, Destabilized Core, Sand Matriarch Ileus, Xy'rath the Covetous, Akkaris, Chitali the Eldest, Tahkwitz, Sorranos, Orixal, Euv'ouk, Vitiane, Hadeon the Stonebreaker, General Zarathura, Gorkek, Tethos, Shifting Stargorger, Protector of the First Ones, Mother Phestis, Garudeon, Furidian, Hirukon, Zatojin, Otaris the Provoked, Corrupted Architect, Helmix, Vexis, The Engulfer
• A Means to an End: Complete the storyline "A Means to an End."

Ability to Wear Two Legendaries

Upon finishing the Patch 9.2 campaign, players will unlock the ability to wear two legendaries, with some stipulations:

• Upon completing the Patch 9.2 campaign, you will be rewarded with your item level 265 legendary class belt below that can be worn in unison with a legendary of your choice, meaning that your second legendary ability will always be the Covenant legendary ability.
• Getting exalted with The Enlightened reputation will allow you to purchase Memory of Unity, which is an account-wide unlock that let's you craft your Covenant legendary ability on any slot and wear it with a second legendary instead of on the 265 belt rewarded previously.

Level	Type	Name	Model Viewer
265	Cloth	Cord of Unity	Modelviewer
265	Cloth	Cord of Unity	Modelviewer
265	Cloth	Cord of Unity	Modelviewer
265	Leather	Cinch of Unity	Modelviewer
265	Leather	Cinch of Unity	Modelviewer
265	Leather	Cinch of Unity	Modelviewer
265	Leather	Cinch of Unity	Modelviewer
265	Mail	Clasp of Unity	Modelviewer
265	Mail	Clasp of Unity	Modelviewer
265	Plate	Girdle of Unity	Modelviewer
265	Plate	Girdle of Unity	Modelviewer
265	Plate	Girdle of Unity	Modelviewer

Sepulcher of the First Ones Raid

• March 1 – Normal and Heroic difficulties. Note that the last three bosses (Lords of Dread, Rygelon, and The Jailer) will NOT be available in this first week.
• March 8 – The remaining three bosses unlock for Normal and Heroic. All bosses are available for Mythic. Raid Finder Wing 1: Ephemeral Plains (Vigilant Guardian, Skolex, the Insatiable Ravener, Artificer Xy'mox, Halondrus the Reclaimer) becomes available.
• March 22 – Raid Finder Wing 2: Cornerstone of Creation (Dausegne, the Fallen Oracle, Prototype Pantheon, Lihuvim, Principal Architect) becomes available.
• April 5 – Raid Finder Wing 3: Domination's Grasp (Anduin Wrynn, Lords of Dread, Rygelon) becomes available.
• April 19 – Raid Finder Wing 4: The Grand Design (The Jailer) becomes available.

Return of Tier Sets

Patch 9.2 brings back class-themed tier sets, each with unique 2 and 4 piece bonuses.

Create Tier Pieces with the Creation Catalyst

Patch 9.2 is also allowing a failsafe for players when it comes to pain points tier sets brought in terms of getting higher item level gear for slots occupied by tier. Starting 8 weeks after launch, players will be able to take high item level pieces of gear and essentially transform them into tier pieces. *Note - Tier sets are also possible rewards from every area in the great vault, including Mythic+ and PvP.

• You can transform most head, shoulder, chest, pants, or glove pieces gained during season 3 except Zereth Mortis outdoor gear rewards. PvP gear and Mythic + gear are all useable as well as raid gear.
• This system replaces the piece of gear with the tier piece equivalent of the same item level. This includes switching the stats to the tier piece as well.
• It utilizes the new Cosmic Flux currency and will have an internal cooldown and gain charges as to not allow creating too many at once.

Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment

The Creation Catalyst



We’ve been designing this tier with a future eventuality in mind. If you haven’t heard of it yet, a new in-game gear transformer called the Creation Catalyst will come online 8 weeks after the content update (if all goes according to plan).



The Creation Catalyst will allow you to craft Set gear that you haven’t yet gotten from raid bosses or the Great Vault, and it will also be a swift way to gear up an alt later in the patch. The Catalyst exists as an answer to the problems we’ve had with class sets in the past (where either acquisition was much too fast and threw off content, or painfully slow and annoying). Your voices and frustration with those systems are the reason we’re building the Catalyst today. It’s powered by Cosmic Flux, which you’ll find easy enough to gather for this purpose. Cosmic Flux can and should also be taken to the Runecarver to make Legendary gear.



The Creation Catalyst is going to have an internal cooldown, which is a global charge that accumulates. This isn’t a case where it’s a personal cooldown that you could miss and fall behind – everyone’s got the same number of charges at a given time, so you’re all on a level playing field. This isn’t an arbitrary decision – by putting an accumulating charge on the Catalyst, we avoid making it so that the “right” way to play is to focus on gathering Flux (and not use it for Legendaries, or worry about grinding out as much as humanly possible), so that you can make your full Set the moment the Creation Catalyst unlocks. You’ll be able to make one piece at that time, of course, but then alts and players who come along later in the tier will find that they can create multiple Set pieces right away, which fulfils its role as a catchup mechanism.

Shadowlands Season 3

Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment

Shadowlands Season 3 begins on March 1. With the new season, you'll see increased item levels for rewards and new seasonal rewards. The new seasonal rewards for PvP include a new Arena title: "Cosmic Gladiator", a new weapon illusion, new coloration of the Gladiator mount, and new Vicious mounts–Alliance and Horde themed Warstalker and Croaker.



The new seasonal Mythic+ dungeon affix is Encrypted: Enemies throughout the dungeon possess relics of the First Ones. Destroy the relics to summon the First Ones' Automa and gain powerful bonuses, based on the order in which they were destroyed. New seasonal rewards for Mythic+ include the two new titles: "the Cryptic" and "the Cryptic Hero", and a new coloration of the Mythic+ Deathwalker mount.

Mythic Dungeon International Shadowlands Season 3

Mythic Dungeon International Shadowlands Season 3 registrations are now open! The tournament features $30,000 weekly prize pools and a $300,000 global finals prize pool, as well as the new toy Encrypted Banner of the Opportune!

New Brawl - Solo Shuffle

Solo Shuffle is a new brawl where six players fight against each other in 3v3 Arena matches. Players can only solo queue for the brawl, and earn rewards based on their performance.

New Arena - Maldraxxus Coliseum

For eons, the Necrolords of Maldraxxus honed their craft at the Maldraxxus Coliseum in the Theater of Pain. Now the Arena is open to any would-be challengers—and there's no shortage of champions willing to test their mettle. Prove yourself worthy. Only the strong will survive.

Tazavesh the Veiled Market Mythic+ Dungeons

With the start of Shadowlands Season 3, Streets of Wonder and So'leah's Gambit are now available on both Heroic and Mythic+ difficulties.

The Darkmoon Faire Dance Game

Patch 9.2 brings a new addition to the Darkmoon Faire World Event: The Darkmoon Faire Dance Game!

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